Bella Bleu to the Rescue

I needed a special card for one of my aunts who is a bit under the weather. My aunt has an unbelievable sense of style and I can’t just send her any old card, you see. Of course, I turned to some of the weekly challenges for inspiration. First, I saw this really cool layout over at Mojo Monday.

I chose the square option and started playing with my stamps. Things still weren’t coming together so I opted for a color challenge. I saw the colors over at the Curtain Call Color Challenge: Act 18.

Navy, check, Old Olive, check, Kraft, check, Brocade Blue….hmm. Oh wait, I still have some left over Bella Bleu DSP!!! While the colors in it are Not Quite Navy in the catalog, some of the coordinating blue looks like Brocade Blue. And, I am pretty sure that using Bella Bleu paper insures a pretty card every time!! Now, as you look at the picture, you’ll see that her color challenge really called for Ballet Blue (and also Whisper White). I obviously missed those details and went stamping! Only when I came to give credit did I notice my mistake. So, Stacy, I am still linking this to your challenge since the colors were intended to be your idea!

Also, you can see I flipped the Mojo Monday sketch since it seemed to work better for me. I used the Inspired by Nature set with a faux watercolor technique. I applied ink with the Stampin’ Write markers and then spritzed the stamp with water to get the images to blur a bit.

I hope you like this one and, most importantly, I hope it provides my aunt with a little lift! Thanks for stopping by…please let me know you visited. Your comments are most welcome!

Love the card the colors are great and you are right about the Bella Bleu paper. I will have to try the faux water color, did the outside of the edge just naturally get darker or did you outline it after wards?

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